Display easel



L. E. SADLER. DISPLAY EASEL.

APPLICATION HLED NOV. 15, 1532!.

13119344, Patented June 20, 1922.

ATTORNEY FICE.

LOUIS E. SADLER, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE F. H.SADLER COMPANY, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

DISPLAY EAS EL.

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Application filed November 15, 1921.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, LoUIs E. SADLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in DisplayEasels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in displayeasels and pertains more particularly to an easel employed fordisplaying or exhibiting belts used for personal wear.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an easel which isformed to display a number of belts and wherein the belts are held in amanner permitting of same being easily and quickly removed from andsecured to the easel.

A further object of the invention is to provide an easel which displaysthe belts effectively and to the best advantage and wherein the beltsare held in place solely by or through frictional engagement with thebelt-receiving parts or pockets.

The invention still further aims to provide an easel structure which isattractive and of simple and economical construction and also one devoidof all moving parts, while still holding the belts in an eflicientmanner.

In the drawings:

Figure l, is a perspective View of the invention; and

Figure 2, is a transverse section.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention, a body 1 isemployed having a suitable leg or support 2 so as to hold the body at anincline. The body is formed with a series of transverse pockets orcompartments 3 arranged in spaced relation and each extending throughthe respective opposite sides of the body as clearly depicted in Figure2 of the drawings. The front of the body as well as the sides, and theends of the pockets, may be covered with suitable fabric 4, such asplush or velvet or other' material, as desired.

In use the belt B has its ends connected to the buckle as in actual use,whereupon the front and rear portions of the belt are Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented June 20, 1922.

Serial No. 515,234.

brought into engagement and the ends of the resultant formation are thenturned or folded inwardly and engaged with the side edges of the bodyand inserted in the respective ends of one of the pockets or compartments, with the buckle and central parts of the belts disposed on theouter face of the body. The pockets or compartments are formed at theirends so as to effect a frictional. fit with the inturned belt portionssufiicient to hold the latter in place without the use of any extraneousfastening, thus providing a simple and economical construction and atthe same time, one allowing of the belts being easily and quicklyapplied to and removed from the easel. The belt is thus held at the endsthereof resultant-from folding or doubling of the belt upon itself,since the normal ends of the belt are connected by the buckle, as inactual wear or use of the same. The intermediate parts of the doubledbelt extend across the front of the body at points alined with thelongitudinal axis of the pocket, and accordingly the body is made of awidth to afford display of a considerable part of the belt and to alsonecessitate inturning of but sufficient of the end portions to effectsecurement of the belt in position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is In a display easel for belts, a body havinga belt supporting central part, and a pocket in each side of the body,said pockets being spaced apart at such distance so as to receive thedoubled ends of a belt therein, said pockets having spaced front andrear walls to provide abutments against which the doubled ends of a beltare adapted to LOUIS E. SADLER.

Witnesses M. A. KINesL Y, J. A. MILLER.

